# Incident 19950531016409I: Piper PA24250, Eugene, OR, May 31, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1995, 16:20 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8013P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8013P-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,310 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950531016409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON 5/31/95, PILOT DEPARTED RENO, NEVADA AT 1330 PDT. AIRCRAFT N8013P, PA-24-250 IS OWNED BY PILOT GEOFFREY L. WALSH. ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WAS HIS WIFE. DESTINATION OF FLIGHT WAS CRESWELL, OREGON. PILOT STATED THAT FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN MILES OUT FROM CRESWELL AIRPORT. HE TRIED LOWERING LANDING GEAR BUT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. HE TRIED EMERGENCY MEASURES BUT SYSTEM WOULDN'T WORK. PILOT PROCEEDED TO EUGENE AIRPORT AND CONTACTED ATCT AND MECHANICS ON GROUND FOR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 3. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT BELLY AND NO INJURIES. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN WIRES CAUSED CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP. THE EMERGENCY T-HANDLE FOR THE LO PRESTI STC-SA00426AT NOSE GEAR DOOR WHOLLY COWL MODIFICATION JAMMED, PREVENTING DISENGAGEMENT OF THE JACK SCREW ASSEMBLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TWO SYSTEM FAILURES TOOK PLACE. LANDING GEAR COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXTENDED IN THIS SITUATION. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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